Index or file



Aug. 4, 1931. w. H. DAY 1,817,031

INDEX OR FILE Filed March 14, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 I l BARRY 1 BEAL P W. H. DAY

' INDEX OR FILE Aug. '4, 1931.

Filed March 14-, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 BARRY 8.4

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thereto. posed card be retained against displacement Patented Aug. 4, 1931 warren; s'rarss PATENT OFFICE WILLIAM H. DAY, OF EAST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, '50 REMINGTON RAND INC., OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE INDEX on FILE Application. filed March 14, 1925.

This invention relates to indexes or files, and more particularly to that class of in-- dexes wherein a series of record-bearing members are arranged upon a support in such a manner that a marginal edge of each will be exposed to view. In some instances, it is desirable that these members be retained upon the support for conveniencein retaining the proper sequence of the series, but that the data thereon be removable for reference or for filin away in another class of index. One way of accomplishing such a result is to construct the members in such a manner that another card or the like may 1 be detachably secured thereto.

More specifically this invention relates to a class of indexes of this type wherein the superposed card when upon the holding member will either have its margin exposed to view or not, as desired, and it will be securely retained upon its holder yet readily'removable therefrom. It is also advantageous to have provision in connection with means to hold a card upon one side of the holder, for holding another card upon the reverse side of the holder, without causing the possibility of interference between them when either is removed therefrom or secured It is also desirable that the superlaterally as well as longitudinally with respect to the holder.

One object of this invention, therefore, is to provide an improved form of card holder to which inserts or additional record-bearing cards may be readily secured and readily detached therefrom.

Other objects of this invention are to provide an improved form of card holder for use in indexes of the above class, of such construction that differently sized additional cards may be detachably secured thereto; that a card of one size may be detachably secured on one side of the holder, while a card of another size is detachably secured upon the other side; and that either of the added cards may be secured to or detached frgm the card holder without disturbing the ot er.

Still another object of this invention is to Serial No. 15,548.

provide card engaging means upon such a card holder, of economical and efiicient construction, which will not appreciably increase the combined thickness of a complete series of overlapping record-bearing members and which will retain the superposed card against lateral as well as longitudinal displacement while mounted thereon.

To these and other ends, the invention consists of the novel features and combination of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan or face view of a frame member having a plurality of card holders embodying the features of my invention mounted thereon;

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2--2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged section on line 3? of Fig. 1, through one card holder only and with superposed cards thereon;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged side view of the corner-engaging means at the free edge of a card holder, shown in Fig. 1;

, Fig. 4 is a View of the rear face of one of the card holders shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a detail view of the development of the holder card-retaining means, in a card holder like those shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 6 is a plan view of a slightly modified form of card holder which embodies a feature of my invention;

Fig. 7 is a view of the front face of another card holder of slightly modified form, which embodies features of my invention, and

Fig. 8 is an enlarged section on line 8-8 of Fig. 7

The index card holder selected for illustrating the features of this invention, is provided with support engaging means which are similar to the means provided for the type of index cards described and claimed in Patent No. l,0at8,056, issued to Irving Fisher, December 24, 1912.

The supporting frame 10, in this instance, is provided with an index card retaining strip 11, having flanged side edges 12 and 18, which are engaged by the above-mentioned support-engaging means consisting of rearwardly directed ears ll and 15, usually cut from the'inaterial of the recordbearing members 16 which, in this instance, are in the form of index card holders.

The card holder-16 is preferably divided into tWo portions, one of Which may be termed the base portion 17, and the" other the flap portion 18. These portions are hingedly connected together, either by a weakened line: orby other-suitable means 19, the ears 14" 15 beingstruck out from the'material forming the base portion. The flap portion 18 of the card holder'16";

shown in Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive, is provided upon one of its faces with card-retaining means comprisingcard cornerreceivingmen1bers-20 and21, which are formed at'the corners-ofthe-free edge-of the flap portion 18, andare arr'ai'iged'to' receive, in this 1nstance, theflowercorners of. a superposed card :37 Corner-receiving"strips and 23 are formed from: the body of 'the-Hliap-portion adjacent-the hinged edge'athereof,and-' are arranged-to receive the upper corners --of the "ca-M1937, The-cardedge engaging.

poij'tion s *ZQ L'L'IlCl of: the receiving strips; 2-2 and 23, respectively, retain the inserted card 37 againstdisengagementina per-pen dioular direction from the comer-engaging --means.'20 and-21; The. side edgecngagingt and 23 retain the inserted card portion-s22! 37 against displacement laterallyfupo'n-the card holder, 2 insuring engagement: of the lower "Corners oflthe card-3T:inqthe nienibers andQl; (lorner receiving'zslits2 1, 26" and 27 are also l-providedin the-body; of the fla ortion-lS xand are-arran ed to en a e 1 7 C) b D the corners of; another superposed: card 28.

The ears 14- and 15, the strips-122M101 23, the slits 24C, 1 25, 26 and 27, ,With the ina-tei rial for the corner receiving. ineinbersQO and- 21 are. all formed when the card; is blanket from sheetnnaterial,,eaeh of the strips 22 and 23 beingl formed-between'flvpairof slits '29 arid-BUcutinto thematerial in a diagonal direction,preferably at=45 degreesfronr the perpendicular, whereby.the'portions 22 and 23 are each verticallydisposed' relatively to the-portions 22 qan'd 23", respectivelyi The; slits 2 1 150. 27, 'jnchisive, also are prefer? ably formed at l5 degrees from the perpen dicular being spaced apart the required distance to be capable of'allowing the cor- 11ers...of the required size of card=28 tobe inserted therethrough; and to retainthem against longitudinal and lateral: displace ment thereon H v Thematerial for the cardrorner receiving;

members' 20 andlQl (see Fig: 5) comprises a portion 31, integral rvvith=therflapiportion' 18 at each ofthe sideedgesadjacent the free. corners thereof; and -a portio'na32 depending, fitom the portion 31 in, Pa direction parallel vvithithe respective side edges: The

- members 211 and121 are formedwby bending;

this material inwardly along the line 33 so that the portion 31 hes upon the front surface of the flap portion, and then bending size upon one face thereof, and another reference bearing card ofanother size upon the other'face orboth cards upoirthe-same face. Due to the arrangement ofthe cardretaining means for each card, neither will" interfere with the attaching or detaching of the other from the holder when onels upon one side and'the otherupon-the other side thereof, and, each Will be. retained in itsproperposition thereon against lateral as Well as longitudinal displaceln'entrelatively-to the holder] One-of the-cardgin thisinstance. card 37,- Wlll have a 1112123111 38 exposed to View When the-holder 16 1s secured upon-the carrying. or' supportin'g frame lQll'DSQI'lQS W1th1others. Preferably the card 37' is used to post'reference'niatter thereon not particularly private, Whilethe card, in-this instance card 28, secured upon therea-r fa-ceof the card holder may befnsed to postfi'data thereon of a more private na-' ture, preferably 1 to the" same sub ect" matter as that} upon the-card-ST. One card, therefore, beeauseof its exposed margin will:

actas-anindex member of the subject 1115iter of 'both cardsretarnedupon the holder;

It is'obvious alsothatthemargin 39 of'thecardholde-rlti may also be impressed with data--and,;therefore, Will lihevvise'act: as an index of the subjectinia'tter when the cardv 37 is removed therefrom;-

Fig: 6 illustrates card holder"- 40 having meansto engage and support but one card," the means heingiof' somewhat similar construction to that provided upon the of the card holder 16, shoWnin"Figs.-1 5, inclusive, and like'it in that "theme; ofthe superposed card is not exposed View; The slots 41, in: this instance, formed bycutting" out material from A body ofthe cardfl ap, whereby the corners Ofthe superposed cardl-Qare more-ca slipped intoengagementtherewith. In instance, themargin" 43" of the cardihol I 40 is impressed Witli'the necessary index .dat'wfofiproper fihngrthereofiin a' ser'ies' like that shown in F1g.-li-and describecl having means to engage and support the card 4-4, themeans in this instance being somewhat similar to the means provided upon the front face of the card holder 16, illustrated in Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive. In this instance, the corner-engaging means 16 at the free margin of the flap portion 47 of the holder is of a somewhat modified construction, as is also the base portion 48. This cardholder, like the card holders above described, is blanked from one piece of material, is provided with a weakened line or other suitable hinged connection 19, between the flap and base portions 47 and 48, respectively, and has the support-engaging ears 19 and 50, and the card-retaining cars 51 and 52 formed from the material of the base 48 and flap 47, respectively. The material 53 which forms the card corner engaging means 46 in this instance, is integral at 5 1 with the flap at the edge of the tree margin thereof, and is bent up over the front surface of the flap, as shown at Fig. 7, where it is suitably secured thereto adjacent the edges of the same, staples 56 being shown as one way of securing the two together. In this form of card holder, the cars 51 and 52 cooperate with the corner-engaging means 46 and the securing means or staples 56 to retain the inserted card against lateral displacement.

The base portion 18 of the card holder -15 is illustrated as being of double thickness. This construction adds strength at this point and is formed by previously folding over the edge portion of the blank before striking out the ears l9 and 50. This construction is usually desirable when the card holders are made of relatively thin material, such as paper, and stir'lens the base portion as well as transversely resisting distortion of the entire card holder. It is obvious that the holder 45 could be provided with cardretaining means upon the reverse side, said means being of the form shown upon the rear of card holder 16 or the card holder 10, in which case the advantages of the card holders 16 would be obtained. Likewise, the card holder 16 could be supplied without the means to hold the card 28. In some instances, the retaining strips 22 and 23 could be omitted from card holder 16 and the corner receiving members 20 and 21 relied upon to prevent lateral displacement of a narrower inserted card or strip.

In some instances it has been found advisable and convenient to form the strip of transparent material, and to place it in the position shownin Fig. 1, even when the card 37 is also in place, thus providing a transparent covering for the exposed margin 38 of the card 37 or the margin 39 of the card holder 16. The same advantageous result would be obtained by the provision of a transparent card detaehably held between and by the corner-engaging members of the card holder 15 of Fig. 7.

The card corner engaging members, when used to hold a card such as the card 60 and without the additional upper edge retaining members 22 and 23 or the cars 51 and 52, preferably are formed to extend along and over the side edge portions of the inserted card an amount sufficient to insure proper holding engagement therewith, the binding effect of the engaging members at the bend 33 or at the securing means 56 being the sole retaining means for the inserted card against slippage therefrom.

lVhile I have shown and described certain preferred embodiments of my invention, it will be understood that the same is not limited thereto in all of the details, but is capable of many modifications and variations which will fall within the spirit of the invention and within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. In an index or file, a. holder member for record cards comprising a card having a base portion and a ilap portion connected thereto, said base portion having an integral fold attached thereto so as to form a double thickness of material for said base portion, a frame member, integral ears struck from said base portion adapted to engage said frame member whereby a series of holder members may be supported with their edges in overlapping relation, and means adjacent the lower edge of said flap member detachably supporting a record card.

2. In an index or file, a frame member having a plurality of card holders detachably mounted thereon in such a manner that a free margin of each may be exposed to View, a card detachably superposed upon one surface of one of said holders and anothercard detachably superposed upon the other surface of said holder, one of said cards extending to the free edge of said holder to cover the free margin thereof, the other card being spaced from the free edge of said holder.

3. In an index or file, a holder member for record cards comprising a card having a base portion and a flap portion'connected integrally thereto by hinge means, a frame member, ears struck from said base portion adapted to engage said frame member, whereby a series of holder members may be supported with their edges in overlapping relation, and integral pocket-forming ears formed adjacent a margin of each flap portion, said pocket being adapted to support a record card, said flap portion having slits formed therein adapted to receive the corners of said record card, said base memher, ears, hinge means, pocket-forming ears and 'slits"being 'adapted tobe formed at single stroke of a punch. I l. In an'index or file, a holder member for record cards comprising a card-having a base portion and a' flap-portion connected thereto; aframe member, lugs on said base portion adapted to engage said frame member whereby aseries ofholder membersmay be"simported with their edges in over- 'lappingrelation, integral ears formed on said flap pertion adjacent the 1 lower 'edge' thereof said=ears being-adapted to be foldedov'er'and secured to said portion so astoiorm a pocket for detachablv supporting-a "record card, and partson'said flapportion above said pockets for engagin ap ortion of the upper edge of'sa-id'recordcard.

5'. In an index or file, a holder member for record cardscomprisinga card having a base portion-and a flap portion connected thereto, aframe'member, lugs on said base portion adapted to engage said frame member whereby a series of holder members may be supported with their edges in over- 5-lapping relation, integral; ears formed on said flap portion adjacent the lower edge thereof, said ears being adapted to be folded over to form pockets forthe reception of the corners of a record card, and staples extendsoing through said'ears and-- flap portions securing said folded ears tosaid flap portion and adapted to engag e' the edges of said record card to prevent thelateral displacementfthereof, andto'prevent'said ears from beingcut'by the edges of said card;

6'. In an indexor file having a frame member for supporting a plurality of card holders "in overlapped'relation with airee marginal portion of each in' visible indexed 40""relation, a card holder comprising abase portion for detachable engagement With the frame member,- a flap portion-hingedly connected to said 1 base portion; pocket-forming membersmounted over. the corners of said *fiap portion at the'ends of the free marginalportionto receive the corners of record cards, and staples extending through and securing said poeket forming members to the ends of said flap portion, said staples W' engaging-the edges'of said record cardto prevent lateral.displacement thereof.

7. In an index or file having a frame member for supporting aplurality ofcard.

holders in overlapped relation with a free pocket-forming relation and preventing lateral displacement of a record card in'the' pocket. V

8. A'card holder for an index or'file,

comprising a sheet having means on one marginal portion=for hingedly connectingit With-an index or file, an integral extension on said free marginal portion formed to provide'a fold overlying sa d free marginal portion to form a card-receiving pooket,"and= a fastener atthe' GnflOf said-ireemarginal )ortion en a in the extension and saidinarginalportion for retaining saidexten-- engaging-the extension andsaid' margin'a'l' V portion for retaining i said extension in CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION,

atent No. 1,817,031. Granted August 4, 1931, to

WILLIAM H. DAY.

It is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: Page 3, line 125, for "each" read said, and line 126, for "said" read each; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with these corrections therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 29th day of September, A. D. 1931.

M. J. Moore, (Seal) Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

